It is a masterpiece of Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic era, dating from the beginning of the 2nd century BC (190 BC). It is composed of a statue representing the goddess Niké (Victory), whose head and arms are missing and its base is in the shape of a ship's bow.

25 famous ancient Greek statues, listed in chronological order, with the approximate date of their creation. 1. Lady of Auxerre (Kore of Auxerre) Now in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. The Lady of Auxerre mysteriously came to light in the storage vault of the Louvre Museum in 1907. Where she came from and how she got there nobody knows.

The sculpture of ancient Greece is the main surviving type of fine ancient Greek art as, with the exception of painted ancient Greek pottery, almost no ancient Greek painting survives.

A herma (Ancient Greek: ἑρμῆς, plural ἑρμαῖ hermai), [1] commonly herm in English, is a sculpture with a head and perhaps a torso above a plain, usually squared lower section, on which male genitals may also be carved at the appropriate height.

Dec 9, 2021 · The Ancient Greeks were known for creating realistic depictions of their deities. Thanks to modern preservation techniques, much of that attention to detail can be viewed in …

Alexander the Great is portrayed at a young age, as he would have been during his sole visit to Athens, after the battle of Chaironeia in 338 BC. The deep set eyes, the upward glance, the half-open lips as well as the characteristic hairstyle, with rich curls standing up over the forehead, the anastoli, are all typical features of Alexander.

Sep 9, 2021 · From the works of famous sculptors such as Phidias and Myron to Callimachus and Kalamis, below, we will explore some of the most famous Greek statues from the golden era of Greek sculpture!

The head was made with a convex tenon that could be set into a specially prepared cavity in the statue. The juncture was concealed by a line of drapery. This finely carved head of a young woman must represent a goddess because of its colossal size.

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Made of the finest sculptural marble from the Greek island of Paros, the Bartlett Head was carved separately for insertion into a full-length body fashioned from another piece of marble.